Our flights from Manila via Hong Kong to Bangkok went smoothly enough except that my backpack did not make it out of Hong Kong. I had a nervous first day in Thailand but fortunately Cathay Pacific sorted everything out within 24 hours. The most annoying part of the process was trying to use the phones as many of them we're either broken or the connection kept on failing after a few seconds.
It's been 18 long years since I was last in Thailand so really this was new territory for both of us. We had a couple of slices of luck on our first night - being shown where to catch the metered taxis from the airport saved us quite a lot of money and the guesthouse we had planned on staying at was full but the one next door was less than half the price, although a little noisy. Okay, it was a lot noisy, but it was cheap.
We first met Faye & Alan in Yangshou, China - then again in Bangkok
During the first three days in Bangkok we've done a bit of shopping and sightseeing - so far we've been to the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Wat Arun and ridden on numerous tuk-tuks. We had to check out the notorious Patpong nightlife one evening but I will spare you all the details - suffice to stay that it lived up to the reputation.
Sara & I at the Grand Palace
(there's a picture of me as a 12 year old in front of one of these things)
We're now in the sleepy town of Hua Hin, about 150km south of Bangkok. We have a couple of days to kill before meeting my brother back in Bangkok so our plan was to get away from the noise and pollution of Bangkok and spend some time catching up on the simple things that we enjoy so much - reading, backgammon, writing and sleeping. Tomorrow we hope to hire a scooter and head further south to Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park to explore some caves, marshes and hopefully see a few monkeys. It's much cooler down here which is welcome relief after the heat of Bangkok.
Next update will come in a few days time, once I get my hold of my brothers computer.
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